diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 5c7009d716d0..3643084f92e2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -1628,8 +1628,8 @@ restart:
 			if (unlikely(!next_node))
 				break;
 			g = container_of(next_node, struct wc_entry, rb_node);
-			if (read_original_sector(wc, g) ==
-			    read_original_sector(wc, f)) {
+			if (unlikely(read_original_sector(wc, g) ==
+			    read_original_sector(wc, f))) {
 				f = g;
 				continue;
 			}